The premise that we're working with is that when most people go to a show, they're not really watching what's going on onstage. They may be watching what's on the screen. But when the songs are playing in their mind's eye, they're actually watching a movie.

Bob Weir

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What I like best about music is when time goes away. by Bob Weir

What I like best about music is when time goes away.

More fun than a frog in a glass of milk. by Bob Weir

More fun than a frog in a glass of milk.

frogs glasses fun

We're just inviting adventure into our life, and adventure carrie... by Bob Weir

We're just inviting adventure into our life, and adventure carries a little baggage.

baggage littles adventure

Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls. by Bob Weir

Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls.

cycling guitar girl

The same song on a different day was a different song. by Bob Weir

The same song on a different day was a different song.

different-day different song

What if all tomorrow brings is ashes and glass, and I can't tell you child, 'this too shall pass.' If all the world were windswept, cold and gray. And in the end there's nothing left to say.

what-if glasses children

I don't get the stuff that I carry around in my head from TV, and especially I don't get the stuff that I carry around in my heart from TV.

tvs stuff heart

If for instance, in a board meeting, if you have an idea, it better be a good idea, or you're not going to get everybody's attention.

boards attention ideas

Dynamic benign neglect. by Bob Weir

Dynamic benign neglect.

Grace isn't enough. You've got to intend to be there when it's ha... by Bob Weir

Grace isn't enough. You've got to intend to be there when it's happening.

happenings grace enough

Everybody has something to bring to the table. by Bob Weir

Everybody has something to bring to the table.

I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vote while their vote still means something.

workout exercise mean

Sometimes it's a huge amble, where you're just on top, on the lid, and it's not going anywhere, and sometimes you walk on the stage and from the first note, the afterburner kicks in and you can't stop it.

notes sometimes firsts

I think it's real important that people understand where the music comes from. If you can see where the music comes from, you can also see the future. It gives you a trajectory.

real people thinking

The roughest part for me when I'm writing a song is staring at a blank page. Where am I going from here? If you're a songwriter, you have to do that every time you start a song.

pages writing song

What's changed? I'm a dad. That's fundamental. Watching your kids grow, you go back a bit. You can watch a bug crawling around for minutes at a time--just sit and marvel at its complexity, the utter bugness of it. I've learned to do that again.

dad watches kids

The ones that catch your eye are the ones that are basically people who live on the road and follow us around. They're a small percentage of the audience, but they're quite visible. The ones who aren't visible are the stockbrokers, lawyers, doctors, housewives.

doctors eye people

I have not made many conscious efforts to "re-imagine" songs. I just let them happen the way they're going to happen.

effort song way

Certain kinds of people just can't live life taking risks with ad... by Bob Weir

Certain kinds of people just can't live life taking risks with adventure.

live-life adventure people

We have a society that's trying to make sure that nobody gets any adventures because adventures are dangerous and danger is bad.

danger trying adventure